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Mascots give the gift of life

Corporate Challenge team supports good cause

he University of Alberta’s friendly

mascots Guba and Patches bleed green _
and gold but when it comes to saving
lives, they’re both willing to roll up their
sleeves.

Guba and Patches showed the
Corporate Challenge spirit recently and
cheerfully donated blood for the U of A’s
Corporate Challenge team. From now
until May 20, U of A students, staff, alum-
ni and their friends and family can donate
at Canadian Blood Services to bolster the
university’s endeavours.

“Last year, we placed fourth, donating
a total of 133 units - this year we want to
double that,” said Maryanne Wynne, cap-
tain of the U of A’s Corporate Challenge
blood donor challenge team. “We're going
to encourage a little friendly competition,
and get departments to challenge other
departments, stir up a little rivalry between
faculties, even between buildings.”

The U of A heads into this spring’s
Edmonton Corporate Challenge defending
its third consecutive first-place win. The
Corporate Challenge’s blood donor event
is important every year for Canadian
Blood Services, said spokesman Andrew
Laycock.

“It’s a huge event for us,” he said. “We
collect about 4,000 units of blood and,
with each unit helping three people, that’s
12,000 Albertans who were helped. One
of our goals for this event is to recruit 600
new donors.”

Each donor for the U of A earns the
university one point - two if they’re a first-
time donor. Anyone who wants to par-
ticipate can call the CBS hotline at 1-800-
2DONATE (236-6283) to make an appoint-
ment or ask any questions about eligibil-
ity, said Laycock. “The line is staffed with
registered nurses 24 hours a day, seven
days a week,” he said. “And people don’t
have to necessarily donate here (at the

RN Hetty Folkers prepares U of A mascot Guba before he and Patches donated blood for the university's
Corporate Challenge team. To join any U of A Corporate Challenge teams visit www.ualberta.ca/challenge.

“Donating blood is quick, it’s painless

and it saves lives.”
— Guba

Canadian Blood Services central location).
They can sign up at any of our mobile
clinics in the greater Edmonton area.”
Sometimes it takes a little extra incen-
tive to get people to roll their sleeves up,

_but once they do, they tend to become

repeat donors, said Laycock.

“A lot of people find it’s not as hard as
they thought, doesn’t take as long as they
thought and doesn’t hurt as much as they
thought,” he said. “Yes, there’s a pinch,
but most people compare that to the fact

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that they could be saving someone’s life,
and it’s more than worth it.”

Those people who donate plasma and
platelets are also eligible for the Corporate
Challenge. “There’s a really big need
for plasma and platelet donors,” said
Laycock. “And if you chose that, you can
donate more often - once every six days
- because it’s the red cells that take the
longest to regenerate.”

Guba and Patches did their part,
because they’re just used to being on a
winning team.

“Donating blood is quick, it’s painless
and it saves lives,” said Guba.

“And if you are unable to donate, you
can still urge your family and friends to
donate for the Green and Gold, just like
we did,” said Patches. =

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Board approves $1-
billion budget, fourth
floor for Bay building

No cuts in deficit budget

By Richard Cairney
he University of Alberta board of gover-
nors approved a $1-billion budget and
construction of a fourth floor on its new
downtown building March 17.

The board approved building a fourth
floor atop the Bay building in the city’s
downtown core. The university acquired
the historic building last year through a deal
with municipal, provincial and federal gov-
ernments. The fourth floor addition, Vice-
President (Facilities and Operations) Don
Hickey said, will cost about $20 million and
will add needed capacity to the building.

The building’s main tenant will be
TEC Edmonton, a technology transfer
centre run by the U of Aand Edmonton
Economic Development Corporation. It
will occupy the fourth floor and most of
the third. Non-credit Faculty of Extension
and School of Business courses will be
offered at the building, which will also
house private tenants.

The board of governors also approved
a $1-billion budget. Highlights of the bud-
get include $231.7 million in construction
and renovation projects. The university’s
2006-07 consolidated budget is balanced
but there is a $7-million shortfall in this
year’s operating budget.

Vice-President (Finance and
Administration) Phyllis Clark said utility
costs are behind the deficit, adding that a
plan is in place to eliminate the universi-
ty’s debt within 10 years.

“If we want to bring the budget into
alignment we'd have to introduce cuts and
cuts across the faculties and administrative
units are extremely devastating and would
turn the institution back into a place we
don’t have to be,” she said. The U of A, she
added, “is probably in a better position than
most other (Canadian) institutions are.”

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Provincial budget invests in the future

Largest-ever spending increase in post-secondary education

By Ileiren Byles

here were a lot of smiling faces at the
University of Alberta after Alberta’s 2006
budget was announced last week.

“It’s a terrific day for the university,”
Provost and Vice-President (Academic)
Carl Amrhein said following the March
22 budget speech. “We are happy, we are
extraordinarily happy.”

Budget 2006 features the largest ever,
single-year hike in post-secondary educa-
tion spending, a 19-per-cent increase of
$353 million for a total budget of $2.2 bil-
lion. For the U of A, that means more stu-
dent spaces, a six-per-cent increase in base
operating grants for each of the next three
years, coverage for tuition increases this
fall, more money to increase enrollment
and first-time funding from the Access to
the Future Fund. It also means money for
a major new building for the Faculty of

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Science.

“T heard the words that I need to hear -
the Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary
Science. So, I’m very happy today,” said
the U of A’s Dean of Science Dr. Greg
Taylor, adding that more details would be
available later this week.

The 19-per-cent increase in funding for
post-secondary institutions is the largest of
any government department in this year’s
budget, said Amrhein. “My guess is that is
pretty solid evidence of the government's
commitment that was announced in the
20-year economic plan,” he said. “They’ve
also increased, much more substantially
than we thought, the number of student
spaces. So, not only did they roll back
tuition, but they also increased by 50 per
cent the number of new funded spaces that
we were expecting.”

Students’ Union President Graham
Lettner was more cautious with his praise,
but said he liked the direction the govern-
ment is heading.

“These are definitely steps in the right
direction, some positive things being
announced today, for sure. Naturally, stu-
dents are looking to see some hurry up and
go, but this is definitely not regressing,” he
said. “My only hope is that they continue
to build on the momentum and not let
it dissipate or let their focus be taken off
post-secondary education.”

Lettner does have some concerns about
the province’s plan to increase the amount
of student financing that will be made
available. A total of $97 million will be allo-
cated for student loans, up $13 million (15
per cent) from last year. Yearly student loan
limits will increase by $300 to $12,440.

Dr. Carl Amrhein

“There’s been an increase in the person-
al exemption and the loan limit’s gone up
by $300 to allow students to take out more
money to finance their education,” he said.
“That’s kind of a give and take because
ideally the costs of education should be
decreasing, not the financing opportunities
increasing.”

Amtrhein, however, said this year’s
budget proves post-secondary education is
a priority for the government. “It maintains
the momentum, it helps today’s students
and it ensures that tomorrow’s students
will be accommodated,” he said. “We will
be a learning society at the rate at which
the post-secondary system is evolving, and
I think that will ensure the wealth and the
welfare of Alberta’s economy. It’s truly an
investment in the future.” @

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Budget 2006 highlights for
post-secondary education:

¢ Arecord $2.2 billion budget for
Advanced Education, a 19-per-cent
increase over last year.

¢ $87 million in ongoing funding to
keep tuition this year at 2004-05 lev-
els.

e $61 million (a 50-per-cent increase)
this year to address enrollment
growth, expand apprenticeship train-
ing and encourage participation in
advanced learning opportunities.

e Asix-per-cent annual increase in
base operating grants (from 2006-07
through 2008-09) to post-second-
ary institutions through Advanced
Education.

¢ $273 million for post-secondary
capital projects this year, $1.1 bil-
lion for the next three years through
Advanced Education. This is an
increase of $659 million (146 per cent)
over the 2005-08 Capital Plan.

e $45 million from the Access to the
Future Fund.

¢ $27.1 million from Advanced
Education and $8.1 million from
Human Resources and Employment
to support the province's record num-
ber of apprentices.

e $294 million (a $25-million
increase) for Human Resources and
Employment programs and services
to address skill and labour shortages.

AHFMR announces $48 million
in provincial support

$24.5 million to be shared among 34 U of A researchers

By Caitlin Crawshaw

$24.5-million funding boost from the

Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical
Research (AHFMR) means big things for
University of Alberta researchers, including
molecular biologist Dr. Jason Dyck.

Dyck studies cardiac hypertrophy, or
abnormal heart muscle cell size, a condi-
tion that can cause numerous heart prob-
lems, including heart failure.

“Essentially I’m looking at the molecu-
lar biology of heart disease,” said Dyck.

“We're identifying pathways that allow
us to look at how the heart functions dur-
ing heart disease or during other forms
of stress, like following a heart attack. By
identifying these pathways we'll be able to
eventually produce drugs that target these
pathways and may significantly reduce the
number of deaths caused by cardiovascular
disease worldwide.”

Because of his outstanding work in this
area, AHFMR is providing funds for sala-
ries, equipment, laboratory start-up and
other support in Dyck’s lab. Thirty-four U
of A health researchers will share $24.5 mil-
lion of the $48 million AHFMR announced
for top health scientists at the U of A,
University of Calgary and the University of
Lethbridge today.

“I'm extremely fortunate and very hon-
oured to have received this award,” said
Dyck.

“First and foremost it funds my sal-
ary. And also, AHFMR has supported
my post-doctoral fellows and students.
That’s extremely important as it allows
my research to move forward. In addition,
they also provide funds that directly sup-

Dr. Jason Dyck’s research into heart muscle cells is one of the projects supported by $24.5 million in funding
the AHFMR awarded to U of A researchers last week. Provincially, the foundation awarded $48 million.

port my research program so it’s extremely
exciting to be given this award, which
allows my research to continue.”

AHFMR funding helps the U of A
recruit top researchers and retain talent,
said Vice-Provost (Health Sciences Council)
Dr. Jane Drummond.

“Top researchers are instrumental in

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attracting outstanding students and other
scholars, including clinicians,” she said.
“Working together, these individuals not
only help to make the University of Alberta
a centre of excellence for health science
research and teaching, but they also con-
tribute to the delivery of leading health
care in Alberta and far beyond.” @

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Province backs Centennial Centre
for Interdisciplinary Science

Flagship Faculty of Science building will foster interdisciplinary studies

By Richard Cairney and Sandra Halme

new, state-of-the-art facility at the

University of Alberta will bring together
students, professors and researchers from
a variety of departments and faculties to
create a unique approach to scientific dis-
covery.

The Alberta government has commit-
ted $285 million over the next three years
towards the construction of the Centennial
Centre for Interdisciplinary Science. The cen-
tre, scheduled to open in 2010, will be one of
only a few of its kind in the world to house
interdisciplinary science research teams in
one facility. It will attract and retain world-
class teaching and researching talents - from
Alberta, Canada, and across the globe.

“Our government is thrilled to part-
ner with the University of Alberta on this
leading-edge initiative,” said Advanced
Education Minister Dave Hancock, adding
that the centre “will change the way we
look at science education.”

Faculty of Science Dean Dr. Greg Taylor
said the new building is important to the
faculty itself, students and researchers.

“Tt opens the doors to advanced educa-
tion and science provides infrastructure
for 1,100 new undergraduate students and
500 new graduate students, so we increase
our capacity,” he said. “It is a major teach-
ing facility. We are bringing teaching and
research together in ways that are uncom-
mon. We’ll have 2,200 new lecture seats in
same environment as researchers, scientist,
grad students and technicians.

The project takes a “new approach” in -

that it brings students in across traditional
boundaries. The building was designed
with plenty of common spaces, and glass
walls that not only help bring in natural
light, but also put teaching and research
on display.

“It is designed to encourage informal
interaction, which is the fuel of collabora-
tion,” Taylor said.

The building has also sparked a discus-
sion about a new vision for the university's
Quad. The demolition of the V-Wing will
“return a significant portion of the Quad
back to green space,” he said. “It’s a pretty
exciting offshoot. It could be part of a lega-
cy to campus.”

University of Alberta President Indira
Samarasekera said CCIS is an investment
in people and their potential.

“It’s all about the people who will
come here to have their potential realized,”
Samarasekera said. The centre’s interdisci-
plinary nature is the way of the future for

learning and discovery. In such environ-
ments, she said, “traditional boundaries
disappear and new, completely new fields
of discovery appear.

“The Centennial Centre for
Interdisciplinary Science is a state-of-the-
art facility that will enhance our research
reputation and foster interdisciplinary col-
laboration. It is a brilliant and visionary
investment by Albertans in the future of
science and knowledge.”

A total of $1.1 billion has been allocated
for capital projects at Alberta’s post-sec-
ondary institutions under the 2006-09 capi-
tal plan through Advanced Education, with
$273 million for projects in 2006-07.

“This funding demonstrates our
government’s commitments to ensuring
Alberta is a leader in research, increasing
the number of student spaces in the post-
secondary system, and making sure stu-
dents receive an education that is dynamic
and of the highest quality,” Advanced
Education Minister Dave Hancock said.

The Centennial Centre for
Interdisciplinary Science will be located
on the main campus of the University of
Alberta, and will be a signature building on
the University Quad. The centre will pro-
vide the space, environmental control, and
technological capacities to meet teaching,
research and technology transfer needs and
accommodate the expected growth of the
Faculty of Science over the next 10 years.

The centre will replace the Physics
Building and the V-Wing Building, which
are no longer functional for instruction or
research because the electrical, mechanical
and ventilation systems cannot accommo-
date the equipment and technology used.
Demolition of these facilities is expected to
begin as early as July 2006, with construc-
tion of the new facility starting shortly
after. Construction on the new lecture halls
(east end of Biological Sciences) will begin
in June 2006, as no demolition is required
for this area.

CCIS will be the flagship of the Faculty
of Science. The prominence of the site and
the leading-edge nature of the learning and
research environment require architecture
that captures landmark technology, and an
environment that will stimulate research,
innovation and discovery while comple-
menting nearby historical buildings. This
building will be subject to the “LEED”
Green Building Measurement System
as administered by the Canadian Green
Building Council.

The Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science will nurture unique collaborations and change the face of

campus.

Faculty of Science Associate Dean (Diversity) Margaret-Anne Armour, centre, conducts experiments for ( left

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- right) President Indira Samarasekera, Leduc-Beaumont-Devon MLA George Rogers, Edmonton-Castledowns
MLA Thomas Lukaszuk, Dean of Science Greg Taylor, and Advanced Education Minister Dave Hancock.

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Total Cost: $315 million
Total Size: 52,227 square metres

Number of additional science undergradu-

ate students: 1,100
Number of additional science graduate
students: 478

Number of additional science faculty: 57
Number of lecture seats: 2,200

Number of lab seats: 648

Number of computing lab seats: 230
Lecture theatre completion: 2008

Main Building completion: 2010

University establishes Canada’s first public health faculty

School of Public Health takes a new approach to wellness

By Richard Cairney and Sandra Halme

he University of Alberta has formed

Canada’s first university faculty dedicat-
ed to public health, set to take in students
this fall.

U of A President Indira Samarasekera
called creation of the new School of Public
Health “historic.”

“This is the first School of Public
Health in the country - this is historic,”
Samarasekera told board members who
approved the school’s formation March
17. “It has taken people of vision to cre-
ate something that is going to set apart
our university and our province, given
our relationships with the universities of
Calgary and Lethbridge.”

The School of Public Health will draw
students, academics and researchers from
a variety of disciplines, absorbing the
Faculty of Medicine’s Department of Public
Health Sciences and the university’s Centre
for Health Promotion Studies, and will
collaborate with public health research

activities at the universities of Calgary and
Lethbridge. It will focus on prevention and
wellness, said Roger Palmer, the faculty’s
interim dean.

“We will look at the prevention of
injury and disease rather than the treat-
ment of it,” said Palmer, a former deputy
minister with Alberta Health and Wellness.
“Across the country all the public health
activity has been embedded in schools of
medicine, which focus on treatment more
than prevention.”

Preventive measures, he observes,
have made tremendous impacts on soci-
ety’s well being.

“Simple things like clean water and
immunization, pre-natal and post-natal
care have made really big differences
to society,” he said. “Hospitals have big
transplant centres, which are great - but
the results are more dramatic for the indi-
vidual than for society.”

One of the most effective ways Canada’s

healthcare system can remain sustainable is
to focus on health promotion, risk reduction,
and disease and injury prevention. That is
the mandate of public health - to improve
the overall health of the population through
prevention. Outbreaks like SARS and the
threat of avian flu have reinforced the need
for greater public education, research and
training in public health.

This new school will see the university
integrate and build upon its existing public
health strengths in the Centre for Health
Promotion Studies, department of public
health sciences and the faculties of agricul-
ture, forestry and home economics, arts,
business, medicine and dentistry, law, nurs-
ing, physical education and recreation, phar-
macy and rehabilitation medicine. Palmer
will serve as interim dean while a search for
the inaugural dean is undertaken.

The School of Public Health will offer
graduate studies and will begin teach-
ing and research programs in September.

University of Alberta © folio March 31, 2006

Among the school’s initiatives will be a
strengthened professional program leading
to a Master’s of Public Health.

The establishment of the new faculty
drew praise from the education and health
communities.

“The School of Public Health will
strengthen Alberta’s reputation as a leader
in innovation - both from a health per-
spective and an educational perspective,”
said Advanced Education Minister Dave
Hancock.

Health and Wellness Minister Iris
Evans said the school will help “to build a
culture that knows how to stay healthy and
has the support of evidence-based informa-
tion and awareness of best practices as its
foundation.”

The school “creates an opportunity for
our existing staff to obtain an advanced
degree locally,” said Dr. Gerry Predy, vice
president Public Health, medical officer of
health, Capital Health. m

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Circus sets the stage for Execution

Art imitates life in Studio Theatre production

By Zoltan Varadi

MM s From An Execution centres around
the timeless conflict between an artist’s

need to be true to herself and satisfy the

demands of her powerful patrons.”

So reads an excerpt from the official
promotional literature for Studio Theatre’s
production of the Howard Barker play,
opening at the Timms Centre for the Arts
March 31. The line also seems uncannily
applicable to a certain masters’ student
working on the production.

“T never thought of it that way. I guess
it does, doesn’t it?” laughed Renate Pohl,
whose elaborate work on the play is in par-
tial fulfillment of her MFA thesis in design.
“Tt’s not so much a money issue, but there
are certain demands, moreso the expecta-
tions of a university setting.”

Indeed there are: Pohl’s duties for
Scenes From An Execution go far beyond
the norm of what would be expected of a
designer in professional theatre. Her tasks
include, “doing sets, which include props,
costumes, and lighting, which in this case
also includes video projections.”

The play centres around Galaxia, a
character Pohl says is very loosely based
on the Renaissance artist Artemisia
Gemtileschi, a rare female painter from that
period who, by the age of 17, specialized
in bloody, visceral, and stunning pieces.
“So in terms of the lighting,” she said, “I
did a lot of research of Artemisa’s work, as
well as Caravaggio’s, so the colour palette
I choose really represents that — strong,
strong darks and lights.”

Working in tandem with director
Kathleen Weiss, Pohl said, “we've actually
talked a lot about the idea of risk because
Howard Barker’s works are greatly satu-
rated in the notion of taking great risks in
theatre... This play really gets as deep as it
gets. It’s about death, life, sex, politics, but

there’s also an existential bent to it — the
kind of questions that we’re presented with
in everyday life in a sublime sort of way.

“In order to reach that there needs to be
a certain amount of risk on stage.”

For instance, in the role of costume
designer, Pohl needed a way to approach
the nudity called for in the script. The way
she solved the problem not only addressed
the issue at hand, but ended up giving
the setting as a whole a distinctive feel.

By adopting a circus-like atmosphere, she
gave the play a dark, somewhat surreal
tone, appropriate for its subject matter.
And with the circus come tights; for the
faux birthday-suited actors flesh-coloured
ones fit the bill, not to mention the bodies,
quite nicely.

Along the same lines, Pohl said she
needed to “connect the dots” between the
various settings in which Scenes From An
Execution take place — a studio, a battleship
and a palace. Once again, the circus theme
came into effect in the form of scaffolding,
which proved ideal for providing a consis-
tent look for the whole play, but also for
being adaptable for the different locales.

But, despite the punishing workload
and demands of her “powerful patrons” in
the form of the department heads evaluat-
ing her thesis, Pohl says her experience
couldn’t be further from Galaxia’s. The
painter bucked the expectations of the
Venetian court to produce a painting her-
alding their glory, opting instead to depict
the battle scene of her commission with
brutal realism — a move that lands her in
jail and drives her “a bit mad.”

Unlike the solitary artist, Pohl said, “in
theatre, you’re always negotiating; you're
constantly working very closely with the
director and actors.”

Tickets for Scenes From An Execution

for the Arts until April 8.

are on sale now at TIX on the Square
(420-1757 /www.tixonthesqaure.ca) and
at the Studio Theatre box office one hour

University puts wheels in motion for kids

Program helps kids gain freedom on two wheels

By Ileiren Byles

he sound of bicycle bells was mixed with
bouncing basketballs at the University of
Alberta’s Butterdome.

More than a dozen youngsters were
taking their first steps to increased inde-
pendence by learning to pedal their bikes.
A program run by the university’s Centre
for Adapted Group and Individual Exercise
(CAGE), which provides motor develop-
ment programming for children with
impairments and disabilities, the bike chal-
lenge helped the participants learn to spin
their wheels.

“As we all know, growing up in the
summer and riding your bike with your
friends or with your family is very impor-
tant for several reasons - for independence,
to enjoy the outdoors and to be able to
participate with your friends and family,”
said Karen Robinson, co-ordinator for the
CAGE program.

“The thing about being able to ride a
bike is that, a lot of time, if you can’t, you'll
get left behind,” added Donna Goodwin,
executive director of the U of A Steadward
Centre for Personal and Physical
Achievement.

“Not all of the children who come to
CAGE have visible disabilities, some are
experiencing co-ordination problems that
really can get in the way of learning bicycle
skills on the street, in public vision with
other neighbourhood children around,”
she said. “And now we've got lots of slush,
and it’s just not a happy environment out
there.”

Some of the young participants obvi-
ously had some previous experience on
their wheels and program staff and vol-
unteers instructed those children on the

“Bikes enable you to go faster and further than

you can on your own two feet. That's all there is

to it. | can get from here to there faster on a bike

than | can on my feet, so | like my bike and the kids

appear to have the same sort of enthusiasm.’

— Mike Cabigon

rules of the road and safety. For others,
just making it that first few metres without
stopping was a major accomplishment,
said Mike Cabigon, as he shouted encour-
agement to one such boy.

A U of Aalumnus, Cabigon was
attracted to the freedom and speed bicycles
offered him as a child. Now, a competitive
mountain biker, road racer and triath-
lete, he’s eager to share his passion with
CAGE’s kids.

“You can see things you can’t even see
in a car when you have the freedom to ride
a bike,” he said. “Bikes enable you to go
faster and further than you can on your
own two feet. That’s all there is to it. Ican
get from here to there faster on a bike than
I can on my feet, so I like my bike and the
kids appear to have the same sort of enthu-
siasm.”

Aside from learning the childhood skill
of cycling, CAGE participants also get a
solid grounding in physical activity and
game play, said Robinson. “We work on
gross motor skills, fundamental movement
skills, game play - understanding how a
soccer game works, how basketball works,
because the goal is to get them ready for
the community.” @

Nadien Chu, left, and Simone Saunders in a scene from Scenes From An Execution, playing at the Timms Centre

prior to curtain for that day’s perfor-
mance only. Scenes From An Execution
runs until April 8.

Mike Cabigon observes Francis, as the eight-year-old tests his braking skills.

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Pickin’ up on a passion for music

Professor pursues his passion
By Zoltan Varadi

lame it on the kid from Deliverance. You

know the guy. He was even spoofed
on The Simpsons, which makes it official
— everyone has at least a passing familiar-
ity with the inbred hillbilly who saw Burt
Reynolds and Co. off on their ill-fated
canoe trip down a river in the Deep South
in the 1972 Billysploitation flic.

And, if you can’t recall the bald child’s
creepy, toothless visage, you surely remem-
ber the tune he picked along with one of
Burt’s soon-to-be-dead fellow travellers:
Dueling Banjos.

“Everybody loves that song,” said Dr.
Lee Foote, a professor in the University
of Alberta’s Department of Renewable
Resources. However, his enthusiasm damp-
ened a little when he mused about how
indelibly etched the banjo is in popular
culture thanks to that, and similarly car-
toonish Hollywood depictions of Southern
folks. It’s understandable, given that Foote
is both an avid devotee of the instrument
and a native of Louisiana.

“L always worry it’s going to discredit
me actually,” he laughed, perhaps only half-
jokingly. “People often have got some very
stereotypical images of what a banjo player
is, and it’s not usually in the same sentence
as ‘university professor.’ I know another
tenured professor who’s a great accordion
player, but he keeps it very quiet.”

Something happens every 10 years that .

brings bluegrass back to the front, said
Foote of his genre of choice, which he plays
with his group the High Point Bluegrass
Band. “There was Beverly Hillbillies, there
was Deliverance — there’s this real hokey
attitude...”

However, he also sees the upside to
such trends, citing the success of the O
Brother Where Art Thou? soundtrack as
bringing bluegrass into the mass-market
mainstream. And, although that film too
centered on some bumbling Appalachians,
at least George Clooney’s a big step up
from Jed Clampett and The Kid.

“But there’s a reason the banjo is fea-
tured in those kinds of settings,” Foote
explained. “There were very few instru-
ments that could play over a crowded room
full of dancers -the accordion was one, the
fiddle was one. These were all acoustic and
didn’t rely on electric amplification.

“And those things have stayed on.
That's one of the things about acoustic

music — what you play is what you get,
there’s no digital enhancement, there are
no tubes, no amps. You make the sound
and put the nuances and innuendo and all
that into it.”

Growing up in Cajun country — as
opposed to bluegrass central, Kentucky,
from which the genre’s founder Bill
Monroe coined the term in the ‘30s — it’s
the “Bluegrass State” — Foote initially
picked up and started pickin’ the banjo
because, “as a high-school student, it was
the most aggravating instrument I could
find to bedevil my parents with.”

That was more than 30 years ago,
when he bought his first Sears & Roebuck
model. After playing with Cajun groups,

folk outfits and, eventually his true musical

passion, bluegrass, Foote has now gradu-
ated to “a really fine instrument” — an 88

Stelling Sunflower. “It’s a better instrument

than I am a banjo player,” he laughed.

However, a serious career in music isn’t

the point of Foote’s hobby. He used the
analogy of sport to explain. “Some people
watch it on TV, some people go to live
games and some people actually play, and
then there’s a tiny little fraction that goes
out and plays pro and makes a living at it.
It’s the same with music.”

And he’s one of those who goes out
and plays. Besides the occasional gig with
the band, Foote is a frequent attendee of
the Northern Bluegrass Circle, a
club that meets every Wednesday
at Pleasantview Community Hall.
It has 40 - 50 members and is
open to everyone, both pickers
and spectators, for a $2 cover.
“It’s sort of the nucleus meeting
ground, after a while you know
everybody who’s an accom-
plished musician in town,” he
said of the tight-knit group whose
membership ranges from kids of
14 - 75 years old.

“The real essence, the real joy of it, is
that communication — that playing off each
other and trying new things,” said Foote.
“It’s a real rich little activity. It’s supposed
to be good for your mental acuity, your
longevity. They say crossword puzzles and
playing a musical instrument and playing
cards — all three of those things are particu-
larly good at staving off aging. They remap
something in your brain and force you to

Rural economy professor Lee Foote loves the stripped-down
sound of acoustic music. “What you play is what you get,” he

iy says.

think metrically and numerically, and look
forward and back at the same time. It’s a
real mental exercise.”

Foote added that when he’s practicing
his craft, his mind couldn’t be farther away
from committee meetings and writing
grant proposals — a step back from univer-
sity life which he learned to be a necessity
early on in his career.

“T had some advice when I was a

young, aspiring PhD student, from a pro-
fessor who said: ‘If you love what you do,
and your vocation and your avocation are
identical, you become a one-trick pony.
You become narrow,” he recalled. “And
academia wants us to be something of a
Renaissance thinker — have some breadth,
and some ability to get outside of our field
to get the big picture. You just need to be
really broad minded and have a life.” m

Islamic model may have fuelled astronomical discoveries

Islamic Awareness Week lecture highlights similar theories on celestial matters

By Tom Murra

icolaus Copernicus is often cited as

the man who gave us the heliocentric
theory of the solar system, but there is
some question as to the crucial influence
that earlier Islamic scientists may have had
on many of his ideas about the motion of
the Earth.

F. Jamil Ragep, a professor of history
of science at the University of Oklahoma,
gave a lecture at the University of Alberta
about similarities to be found in the
theories of the 16th-century Copernicus
and his 13th-century Islamic astronomer
counterparts Nasir al-Din al-Tusi. That the
two astronomers shared similar thoughts
about the matter indicates some sort of
exchange of ideas, said Ragep, noting
that chapters in Copernicus’ book, On the
Revolution of the Heavenly Bodies, corre-
spond closely with Tusi’s own astronomi-
cal theories.

“People have been talking about this at
least since (J.L.E) Dreyer - there has been a

long history of knowing about the connec-
tion,” he said. Dreyer’s classic text book,
The History of Planetary Systems, was pub-
lished in 1906.

Perhaps al-Tusi’s greatest gift to the
world of astronomy was his invention of
the ‘Tusi Couple’ - a geometrical device
that the Persian scholar used to resolve
problems he had found with the ancient
Greek scientist Ptolemy’s models. As old
documents have shown, Copernicus used
the Tusi Couple in his own lunar theories.

“Islamic astronomers were, like
Westerners, also interested in such details
as the location of comets, and their rel-
evance to rotation - whether they affected
it,” explained the visiting professor. “The
question was whether observation or natu-
ral philosophy could explain these things.
Unlike many of their peers, Copernicus
and Tusi were both attempting to discredit
the idea of observational evidence. They
were also both arguing for a ‘new physics’

to explain the motion.”

Ragep has made the transmission
between the two cultures his field of spe-
cialty. His book on Islamic astronomy
- the two-volume Nasir al-Din al-Tusi’s
Memoir on Astronomy is a highly regarded
study in the field. He has also co-edited
a series of essays on the transmission of
science between cultures called Tradition,
Transmission, Transformation.

Both Copernicus and Tusi were dis-
satisfied with Ptolemy’s other explanations
in regard to the movement of the Earth
and other celestial bodies. Ptolemy’s cos-
mology - that the other planets revolved
around a stationary Earth - had been the
accepted theory since the second century.
Copernicus was to some degree supersed-
ed in this by another figure in astronomy
- the Islamic scholar Ali al-Qushji had
already written about the possibility of
the Earth’s rotation before Copernicus was
even born.

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While there is no evidence that
Copernicus discovered his mathemati-
cal hypotheses and astronomical models
through written matter - he wouldn't
have had access to Islamic texts - there
is still some question as to whether he
would have been influenced more directly.
“There is too much coincidence to deny
the evidence of transmission,” Ragep
said. “For instance, it should be noted
that Copernicus studied for a time in Italy
- which is not so far from Istanbul, where
al-Qushii lived.”

Ragep’s visit to Edmonton as an
Endowment Fund for the Future distin-
guished visitor was co-sponsored by the U
of A’s science, technology and society and
Middle Eastern and African studies pro-
grams, as well as the Edmonton chapter of
the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
and the Edmonton Council of Muslim
Communities. His talk also marked Islam
Awareness Week. @

Writing is like riding a motorcycle

Toby Fulwiler holding writing workshops on campus

By Anne Bailey

Mictoxycs enthusiast and international
expert in writing pedagogy Dr. Toby
Fulwiler, will be on campus in late April to
lead a series of teaching workshops for U
of A faculty members.

From April 27 - 29, Fulwiler will pro-
vide practical advice about effective ways
to use writing in any discipline to enhance
the learning experience and improve the
critical thinking skills of students.

Sponsored by the university-wide
Writing Task Force, these free workshops
are open to all teaching staff and will cover
a variety of topics, ranging from sugges-
tions for tackling common student writ-
ing problems to creating effective writing
assignments to using writing as teaching
tool.

Fulwiler has been a leader in the field
of writing pedagogy for nearly three
decades. In 1977, he was part of a group of
academics that met at Rutgers University
to explore the concept of “writing across
the curriculum” for the first time. At that
time, he came to understand “the role of
writing in helping any individual become
a more critical thinker and better learner”
in a way he hadn’t fully comprehended

before. He became passionate about help-
ing other faculty “discover the power of
writing to teach their subjects as well.”

Since then, he has travelled throughout
the world, leading workshops and acting
as a consultant for many nascent Writing
Across the Curriculum programs. He has
published numerous books on writing for
teachers as well as many writing textbooks
and reference guides for students.

Fulwiler’s workshops are highly inter-
active with participants actively respond-
ing to and working through specific
cases and problems posed by Fulwiler.
Writing, as well as the teaching of writ-
ing, shouldn’t be predictable or formulaic,
according to Fulwiler. Instead, they need
to be open and, at times, risky activities.

Like a motorcycle rider, a writer and
teacher should be “more attentive, more
aware of the surrounding world, more
conscious that the journey as much as the
destination matters.”

While at U of A, Fulwiler will be con-
ducting both a large half-day and two
small full-day workshops. Further registra-
tion information is available http://www.
arts.ualberta.ca/wtf/ . @

Toby Fulwiler helped develop the concept of ‘writing across the curriculum’ He'll be bringing practical advice

to professors in April.

Canada’s international currency still has value

Joe Clark says we need to take a more prominent role in international community

By Ileiren Byles

Gare identity in the global community
can be defined in the toss of a coin, for-
mer prime minister Joe Clark told a room
full of University of Alberta students.

“When Canada has been most effec-
tive internationally, it has been because we
pursued two priorities at the same time
— we worked hard at our friendship with
the United States and we worked hard at
an independent and innovative role in the
wider world,” said Clark, who spoke on
campus Monday. “Those are not opposite
positions. They are the two sides of the
Canadian coin and both must be given pri-
ority and attention or else we debase our
currency.”

After his short stint as the country’s
prime minister, the High River, AB native
and University of Alberta alumnus served
for 10 years as Canada’s Secretary of State
for External Affairs. His involvement in
foreign affairs gave Clark a new apprecia-
tion for how Canada’s identity has been
shaped - as well as the potential for the
country’s future.

“This country has always been an act
of will. It didn’t come together naturally, it
doesn’t stay together easily. Confederation
was an act of will. Medicare was an act of
will. Equalization was an act of will, so
was the Charter of Rights, so was the Free
Trade agreement,” he said.

“One reality of our country is that we
have to keep proving our worth to our
parts. A companion reality is that that
worth is real and it’s substantial and it’s
about more than money and more than
neighbourhood. A third reality is that we

need those acts of will or we become small-

er than our whole.”

But as Canada becomes more self-
absorbed, it’s easy for us to take our good
fortune for granted, said Clark. “A sense of
purpose is much more difficult to generate

now, in a time when cynicism grows every-

where,” he said.

“T’ve come to believe that, more than
independence in Quebec, more than alien-
ation in the West, generating that sense of
purpose is the Canadian challenge of this
age. So, we should look to interests and
aspirations that reach across the lines that
might otherwise divide Canadians.

“What we do in the world reflects and

“Asense of purpose is much more difficult

to generate now, in a time when cynicism

grows everywhere, I've come to believe

that, more than independence in Quebec,

more than alienation in the West,

generating that sense of purpose is the

Canadian challenge of this age.’

— Joe Clark

defines how we see ourselves at home.”

But, as important as our relation-
ship with America is, it should not be the
focus of Canada’s foreign policy, he said.
“Canadian policy will not be built on trade,
nor on security, nor on a preoccupation
with the U.S.A.”

But that second side of the coin does
add value to Canada’s involvement in the
rest of the world.

“Our access to Washington adds
real clout to the standing we earn by
our actions in other countries. When
Canada’s relations with Washington are
strong, other countries come to us or
listen to us - not just because of our own
merits - but because we can influence, or
they believe we can influence, the super-
power,” said Clark.

“By the same token, our reputation in
the Developing World and our reputation
in the multilateral community, to name
only two critical forums, are assets that the
U.S.A. cannot always command herself.”

By taking a more prominent role in
the global community, Canada will not
only advance its own influence, but also
strengthen its national identity and that’s
an opportunity that’s too good to pass up,
said Clark.

“Canada’s strengths and reputation
are far more relevant now in a world that
is as turbulent and complicated as it has
ever been. We have the luxury, we have
the skill, we have the imagination to be
on the leading edge of response to emerg-
ing issues and responsibilities in a world

Former prime minister Joe Clark spoke to students on campus Monday.

where everything is changing rapidly,”
he said. “That vocation can again become
a critical element of the sense of purpose
Canada always requires if we’re going to
transform our collection of interests into a

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genuine national community. Moreover, in
my view, if that international vocation is
not mobilized in this mercantile and self-
absorbed era, Canada will become steadily
more marginal in international affairs.” m

panddns

New agency supports genomics research

Genome Alberta takes three-pronged appraoch

By Richard Cairney

tana at the University of Alberta
are celebrating the creation of a new
research funding body, Genome Alberta,
and $4.3 million in provincial funding for
genomics research in Alberta.

The agency will fund research into
genomics, particularly plant genomics,
such as canola seed enhancement, frost
resistance in wheat, softwood tree genom-
ics, mouse models for hereditary disease,
legal and social issues of genomics technol-
ogy and computer visualization of gene
patterns.

One beneficiary of Genome Alberta
funding is Dr. Liang Li, a U of A chemistry
professor who’s developing new technol-
ogy that will allow for more accurate imag-
ing of biomasses - meaning better tools to
diagnose diseases.

Li and his research team are trying to
‘see’ proteins and other biomarkers associ-
ated with certain diseases, which have yet
to be identified. Certain proteins and other
biomarkers are often associated with par-
ticular diseases.

Li will access tissue samples from
the Alberta Breast Cancer Tissue Bank at
the Cross Cancer Clinic and embark on a
search for more proteins and biomarkers
that are associated with different types of
breast cancers.

“We're trying to discover not just one
type of protein - we’re trying to develop a
panel of a dozen or even 100 proteins that
can collectively indicate a diseased state,”
said Li, who is the Canada Research Chair
in Analytical Chemistry.

And in the coming months he’ll deal
with issues surrounding intellectual prop-
erty and patents the U of A hold on tech-
nology developed in his lab.

That in itself is another area Genome

“We're trying to discover not just one type
of protein - we're trying to develop a panel

of a dozen or even 100 proteins that can

collectively indicate a diseased state.”
— Dr. Liang Li

Alberta will be investigating. Dr. Tim
Caulfied, a U of A law professor and
Canada Research Chair in Health Ethics, is
part of an Alberta Genome research project
called Translating Genomics, which will
probe the legal, ethical, social and econom-
ic issues related to genomics.

“We're looking into intellectual prop-
erty and patenting issues to see if it is
hurting or facilitating health care,” said
Caulfield, adding that an international con-
ference on the subject will be held in Banff
in May.

The project is also examining public
perception and media portrayals of genom-
ics and genomics technology and the way
it affects public policy and public trust.
And the research group will investigate
policy making in itself. “We're interested in
how governments should make decisions
about what genomics technologies to fund
- what should be part of the health sys-
tem,” he said.

Other research offers tantalizing eco-
nomic impacts. Genome Alberta is support-
ing research into canola oilseeds and the
potential to develop lubricants, plastics and
fuels from plants.

Genome Alberta was established as
part of the province’s commitment to more
vigorous investment in genome research
as part of its Life Sciences strategy, and is

os

Canada Research Chair in Analytical Chemistry Dr. Liang Li describes his research to

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Alberta Science and

Innovation Minister Victor Doerksen. Genome Alberta will fund research into new technologies and scientific
advances as well as the legal, ethical and economic issues surrounding genomics.

the sixth centre to join the federal umbrella
group, Genome Canada.

U of A Vice-President (Research) Dr.
Gary Kachanowski said the establishment
and funding of Genome Alberta is “an
important new contribution” to funding for
a government that is “determined to build

”

and enhance research excellence.

Science and Innovation Minister Victor
Doerksen said the investment helps diver-
sify the provincial economy. “This invest-
ment will help us to expand our research
capability and encourage the development
of life sciences industries,” he said. @

Parkland study says ‘Third Way’ is the wrong way

New book recommends strengthening public system

By Ileiren BYles

esearchers at the University of Alberta’s

Parkland Institute say the cold, hard
facts about cold, hard cash don’t point to
the ‘Third Way’ as being the best way for
health care.

The research institute’s latest publica-
tion, The Bottom Line: The Truth Behind
Private Health Insurance in Canada, comes
with a warning against further privatiza-
tion of Alberta’s health care system.

“Experience in Canada and other
countries is clear: privatized health financ-
ing costs more, not less,” said author
Diana Gibson, a research director with the
Parkland Institute. “We wanted to focus
specifically on the funding side of this
issue and move the debate beyond rhetoric
and ideology and into the realm of evi-
dence.”

Gibson and co-author Colleen Fuller,
president and co-founder of Pharmawatch,
turned to three areas for their research -
pre-medicare Canada, the current system of
subsidized health care in Canada as well as
various international examples. Although
the book does look at some European mod-
els, the focus is primarily on the United
States, said Gibson.

“The book does draw heavily on the
American model, and for good reason,”
she said. “The U.S. is the entity with which
we are currently integrating our market
and if we continue with that we will only
be going down one path and that’s toward
the U.S. system.”

Canadians don’t have to look into the
distant past to see what life was like with-
out public health care. Before 1968, there
were eight million Canadians without
medical coverage and health care costs

Diana Gibson, who co-authored The Bottom Line: The Truth Behind Private Health Insurance in Canada with

Colleen Fuller, says the Alberta government is headed the wrong way with health care plans.

were the number one cause of personal
bankruptcy in Canada, said Gibson.

That’s a number that’s echoed in the
United States today. “In the U.S. health
care is still one of the leading causes of
bankruptcy,” said Gibson. She added that
75 per cent of those people who declared
bankruptcy due to health costs had insur-
ance going into their health care crisis - it
was the cost of insurance alone, rather than
treatment, that caused their economic ruin.

What's more, she said, insurance com-
panies won’t provide coverage for every-

one. “You have people with pre-existing
conditions who do not get any coverage
- if you’ve survived breast cancer, if you’re
obese, or even eight per cent of those peo-
ple with hay fever are refused insurance.”
Private health insurance is also bad for
the medical profession, according to the
report. American doctors routinely lose 15
- 30 per cent of their billings because pri-
vate insurers deny their claims. In Canada
before medicare it was not uncommon for
doctors to lose tens of thousands of dollars
per year in unpaid medical bills.

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“We wanted to focus specifically on the

funding side of this issue and move the

debate beyond rhetoric and ideology and

into the realm of evidence.’

— Diana Gibson

The Bottom Line concludes with a
seven-point agenda to protect the rights of
patients by strengthening and improving
the public health financing system, which
includes strengthening and expanding the
Canada Health Act, introducing a pharma-
care program and eliminating health-care
premiums.

While researchers at the Parkland
Institute don’t exactly expect Alberta’s
Conservative government to take the book
to heart, “our hope comes from the idea
that maybe the public will pick it up and
start demanding some different action from
their government,” said executive director
Ricardo Acuna. “Our role is not to lobby
government, but to make information
available to the public.”

Gibson had a word of encouragement
for people who had protested loudly
against the controversial Bill 11 in 2000,
which suggested contracting out health-
care services to private clinics. “A lot of
people felt that all of these protests against
Bill 11 were ignored, but the bill they
ended up with was not the Bill 11 they
started with. It was very much a watered-
down version. They changed that bill dra-
matically and it was due to the controversy
and protests.” @

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Play’s the thing

Physical Education and Recreation students making a difference

By Lee Craig _

| ilary Knox dreams of a career helping
provide fitness and health for people
with disabilities. She feels privileged to

be heading to Thailand in May to work
with kids through the Play Around the
World program offered at the University of
Alberta.

The third-year Physical Education
and Recreation student started thinking
of applying to the program while she was
in her first year. Play Around the World
is a three-month practicum that provides
opportunities for disadvantaged children
and youth in Thailand to be involved
in play and other recreational and sport
activities. The kids are from orphanages,
schools for the disabled, refuge camps, or
social agencies, including one for children
who live on the streets.

Knox found out about the program
when she took a course from Dr. Jane
Vallentyne. Knox sees the practicum as a
great opportunity to gain a broader world
view, something Vallentyne agrees with.

“As much as we are going to provide
sport and play programming for children
who don’t necessarily have much program-
ming given to them, we are gaining so
much more,” said Knox, who will be one of
five students situated in Chiang Mai, which
is in Northern Thailand near Myanmar.

Five other students will be living and
working in Pattaya in Southern Thailand,
for a total of 10 students, two more than
in previous years. The project began in
Pattaya. Many children are orphaned in the
city, the epicentre of Thailand’s sex trade.

Vallentyne said that over the last six
years she has seen how valuable an experi-
ence students have had in Thailand.

“The project is about our young people
learning about culture. Mostly, it strips them
of their ethnocentricity,” she said. “They
have grown up in Alberta; they see the
world the way they have been raised. When
we go over there, they might make some
judgements about what they see. Typically,
it might be about how inefficient the culture
might be and then I watch them adopt a
new culture, which is less externally orient-
ed to things like time and material things.”

When the students come back home,
they often question how we do things here,
said Vallentyne, and they have become
global citizens. “It is an investment in our
young Canadians.”

Knox hopes to have a wider perspec-
tive and to be more sensitive to other
cultures, adding, “We aren’t going there to
change their (children’s) lives. We’re going
there and our lives will change.”

Although Vallentyne also thinks the
Canadians gain much more than they give
back, she also emphasizes the importance
of play and recreation to the Thai children,
and to all people.

“We forget about how important play is
in human development and in the develop-
ment of our spirit, regardless of how old
we are. For children who have suffered a
great loss or abandonment, it is a powerful
thing. It is not a frill. It’s serious business.”

The U of A students have a wide variety
of educational backgrounds that can change
every year — developmental psychology,
occupational therapy, adapted physical edu-
cation, therapeutic recreation, music therapy
— and the activities can be adapted depend-
ing on these specializations. They also use
whatever equipment has been donated in
each year to play with the kids.

Vallentyne says the students and
program leaders work with the heads of
schools and social agencies to help them

Continued on Pg 9

Above Julie Venner, face painting at Kawila Anukul School for children with intellectual disabilities, in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Middle Tug-of-war with children during
the play day at the Cammillian Social Centre in Chiang Rai, Thailand. Bottom Venner playing with pre-school children at Agape House, an orphanage in Chiang Mai,
Thailand.

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Focus Continued from Pg 8

develop their own sustainable programs,
and that they try to do this in a respectful
way.

“We are more mindful of learning what
they want, what works with their culture
and traditions,” said Vallentyne.

Sometimes the best activity can be
something as simple as taking kids to the
beach, said Son Truong, who volunteered
in Chiang Mai last summer and is one of
two group leaders for the students going
on this year’s work program.

For kids with disabilities, the smells,
sounds, or touch of sand and water can be
an experience they have never had, he said.

In Thailand, for kids with disabilities
to go to the beach is a big deal, agrees
Vallentyne.

“To have a disability in Thailand is
bad karma, and they don’t have as many
human rights. That can include such
opportunities as travel,” she said.

Truong is in his first year working
towards a master’s degree in recreational
therapy. He wants to use his education in
international development work. He says
that while the new volunteers may find the
language barrier difficult at first, they find
other ways to communicate.

“Although we are not always able to
communicate verbally, if we see smiles or
hear laughs, we get a sense that the chil-
dren are enjoying what they are doing and
are happy to be participating.”

As a group leader, Truong will be going
to Chiang Mai for a month to help settle
the students into the city and their duties,
then returning to Edmonton.

He said that he and the three other
people he worked and stayed with last
summer grew very close from living and
working together, and he hopes the new
volunteers have the same experience.

Truong’s group shared the same apart-
ment and often used bicycles to get to their
project sites.

During the past three months, both
five-member student groups have been
concentrating on fundraising and partici-
pating in lectures on cultural mores and
team-building exercises, because, as Truong
pointed out, the students will be spending
a lot of time together, working about 40-
hour weeks.

“We have had great lectures on cul-
tural awareness,” said Knox. “Things that
wouldn’t have occurred to us such as ‘on’t
touch the children on the head, instead
touch them on the shoulder, when playing
a game like ‘Duck, Duck, Goose.’ ”

Being touched on the head is not con-
sidered respectful to Thai people. The head
is considered the highest point on the body,
literally and figuratively.

As well, Knox said, the students
learned to not wave when calling the chil-
dren over to them.

“That is something that is done to
cattle,” said Knox. Instead, the students
should invert their hand, with the fingers
facing downward when gesturing. It is a
form of sign language that Thai children
respond to for “come into a circle.”

Knox expects the language barrier to be
difficult at first, especially when working
with blind children. Her biggest fear is that
she might not be able to deliver the quality
of performance she thinks she should.

“I don’t want to disappoint people, and
I want the program and activities to be suc-
cessful...that’s what motivates me,” said
Knox, who adds that she feels very fortu-
nate to have been picked to participate in
the Play Around the World program.

QuickFacts

Each Play Around the World student
has to raise $5,200 to go on the trip, which
covers their plane fare, accommodation,
and food. Buffet dinners at the King and I
restaurant have already been held to raise
money for the trip, but if you would like to
support Play Around the World, donations
are most definitely being accepted. Please
contact Jeff Wright at 492-8804 or jeff.
wright@ualberta.ca.

If you would like to donate equipment,
please contact Jane Vallentyne at 492-8369
or at jane.vallentyne@ualberta.ca . m

Donation creates new Chair in neurology

Foundation honours memory of Dr. Henri Toupin

By Ilieren Byles
$3-million gift will give the University of
Alberta a leg up when it comes to fight-
ing the damage of Alzheimer’s disease,
strokes and other neurological disorders.

“The foresight and amazing philan-
thropy behind this gift will allow the
University of Alberta to establish - not
one, but two, two new chairs, research
chairs - the Henri M. Toupin Chair in
Neurology and the Henri M. Toupin Chair
in Neurodegenerative Disorders,” said U of
A President Indira Samarasekera. “I don’t
think there’s any field, when you think
about where the frontiers of medicine are
in brain and brain-related research, that
quite enjoys the prospect of major advanc-
es as this field does.”

The $3-million gift from the Henri M.
Toupin Medical Foundation was given to
the university in memory of an Edmonton
doctor who was known for his patient-
centred care, said the U of A’s Chair of
Medicine, Dr. Jon Meddings. “He would
have been tickled pink by this,” said
Meddings, who was a student under Henri
Toupin. “It’s one of the things he would
have loved. It’s a tremendous thing that
was done and done in the memory of a
great neurologist in this city.”

While the foundation has been active
since the 1980s, funding equipment pur-

“What this is going to do is look towards

the future. This is an opportunity to get

two world-class leaders to work in the

already-fertile ground that the Toupin

Foundation has set up.”
— Dr. Jon Maddings

chases, research grants and scholarships,
this gift is its crowning glory.

“The time has come, we felt, to try and
move on to something bigger and better,”
said Chris Laing, chair of the Henri M.
Toupin Medical Foundation board. “What
happened is the board decided, to continue
in memorandum of Dr. Toupin, to distrib-
ute his entire legacy to the university to
which he was formerly connected and had
a lot of passion for.”

The $3 million is just the tip of the ice-
berg, said Samarasekera.

“We expect, and we have every reason
to believe that our expectations will be met,
that this donation will be matched one-to-
one by the provincial government's Access
to the Future Fund,” she said. “So, that’s

New Augustana centre
honours Chester Ronning

Ronning’s legacy lives on in Camrose

By Zanne Cameron

he University of Alberta has launched a

new centre for the study of religion and
public life, named for a man described as a
rancher, code-breaker and revolutionary.

The Chester Ronning Centre for the
Study of Religion and Public Life, located
at the university’s Augustana Campus in
Camrose, AB., was officially opened last
week.

A think-tank on religion and public
life, it will foster discovery and debate sur-
rounding ideologies and the nature and
shape of public life.

“There is an old saying that a prophet
has no honour in his own home,” Audrey
Topping, Ronning’s daughter, said during
the launch. “That certainly is not true of
Camrose.”

An accomplished photojournalist,
Topping retold her father’s story, it was
apparent that Ronning’s life was inextri-
cably bound to the University of Alberta
Augustana Campus and to Camrose.
Ronning graduated from the U of A in 1916
with an education degree, and was later
recognized with an honorary doctorate. He
was former principal of Camrose Lutheran
College, (Augustana’s predecessor), from
1927 — 1942, and returned to Camrose in
retirement, until his death in 1984, shortly
after his 100th birthday.

Ronning, widely regarded as one of
Canada’s most important diplomatic fig-
ures of the 20th century, was at the opening
as everything from a teacher, artist and
loving father, to a soldier and a missionary,
a man who walked with kings and leaders,
but whose heart lay with the common man.

Augustana Dean Roger Epp opened
the launch by saying he felt the Ronning
story should be told more often. “He was
a man whose life bridged generations and
continents.”

Centre Director David Goa spent his
early childhood in Camrose. His father and
Ronning knew one another and now Goa,
a well-known scholar of religious studies,
and former curator of folk life at the Royal

“The modern university is the only safe

a wonderful endorsement and will allow
the foundation's donation to be amplified
through the provincial commitment.”

The donation will build partnerships
to enhance ground-breaking work, said
Meddings. “We have outstanding people
here. We're leaders in stroke research.
We're leaders in movement disorders.
We're leaders in degenerative diseases
of the brain, and the Toupin Foundation,
for a large part, has done a lot of that,”
he said. “What this is going to do is look
towards the future. This is an opportunity
to get two world-class leaders to work in
the already-fertile ground that the Toupin
Foundation has set up.”

The two new research positions will go
a long way towards furthering the U of A’s
goal of becoming one of the top 20 univer-
sities by 2020, said Samarasekera.

“We can only serve our local commu-
nity well, both the province and the coun-
try, by being one of the best in the world.
And visionary gifts like those of the Toupin
Foundation are fundamental to this,” she
said, thanking the foundation. “I know that
you will be amazed at the many-fold returns
of this gift. Our U of A neurologists will be in
the forefront of research and education and
you can take a great deal of credit for putting
them there. And, in the end, we all benefit.” @

place for shedding hope and light on the

extraordinarily hard questions that face an

incredibly complicated world.”

— Dr. Carl Amrhein

Alberta Museum, has taken on the leader-
ship of the centre.

Speakers from the religious, political,
public and academic spheres all addressed
the life of Chester Ronning and the need
for a centre such as this.

Seymour Topping, Ronning’s son-in-
law, former New York Times correspondent
and editor, and Columbia University
Professor, recounted Ronning’s failed
attempt to broker peace between the
United States and Vietnam. He spoke of his
father-in-law’s profound hope for a better
world and said that through the centre’s
acknowledgement of the spiritual and the
public life of Chester Ronning, “students
would find unending inspiration.”

“The modern university is the only safe
place for shedding hope and light on the
extraordinarily hard questions that face an
incredibly complicated world,” said Dr.
Carl Amrhein, U of A Provost and Vice-
President (Academic).

Bill Blaikie, MP and deputy leader of
the National NDP party, acknowledged
the great need for building understanding
between politicians and leaders in religious
and secular communities and stated that
“we will not have peace between religion
and religion, or between religion and the
secular world in the 21st century until the
political world understands the religious
world.”

Lutheran Bishop Ray Schultz noted
headlines such as the threatened behead-
ing of an Afghani who converted to
Christianity, and spoke of the dichotomy

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Chester Ronning

between the pluralistic cultural context and
the specific context of capitalism. “Post
modernism isn’t going to be able to help
us. We need something more. It is a trans-
modern world and we must share across
historical and ideological boundaries.”

Brian Evans, China scholar and profes-
sor emeritus at the University of Alberta,
stated that Ronning was “a hero of mine.”
Evans said Ronning had a longing and
desire to bring harmony and balance to his
world.

“He directed the choir to make har-
mony from discordant voices, and it was a
talent that he demonstrated in spades as a
diplomat.”

Bringing Evans’ point home, the event
closed with the soaring young voices of
the Augustana choir, singing the same
hymn featured in a clip from an NFB
documentary, China Mission, the Chester
Ronning Story. @

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UNTIL APR 6 2006

Visit the University of Alberta’s Observatory
Every Thursday evening the observatory is open
to the public. Everybody is welcome and admis-
sion is free. Star clusters, planets, nebulae and the
Moon will be visible through our telescopes. We
are located on the roof of the Physics Building. Take
the elevators to the 6th floor and walk up the final
set of stairs. 8 - 9 p.m. Physics Building 7th floor and
rooftop.. http://www.phys.ualberta.ca/research/
astro/observ.php

UNTIL MAR 31 2006

The Librarian is in... The Librarian is in? is
a program brought to you by the University of
Alberta Libraries. The Librarians will be in the
Student Union Building to help students, staff and
faculty with research problems by bringing our
resources to you. Student Union Building.

UNTIL APR 8 2006

Guest-Artists Robert Jancovic: Printworks
and Atsuko Ohta: Traces of Silence. Over the
last 25 years the Printmaking Division of the
Department of Art and Design has hosted 37 artists
from 17 countries as International Guest Artists in
Residence. As an ongoing part of this program the
Department of Art and Design is pleased to present
two solo exhibitions by current guest-artists Robert
Jancovic, Slovenia, and Atsuko Ohta, Japan. Please
join us for the Opening Reception on Tuesday,
March 28, 7 - 10 p.m. Regular Gallery hours are
Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m -5 p.m., and Saturday, 2
- 5 p.m. The Gallery is Closed Sunday, Monday, and
statutory holidays. Fine Arts Building Gallery, room
1-1 Fine Arts Building, 112 street and 89 avenue.

Studio Theatre presents Scenes from an
Execution by Howard Barker Howard Barker's
Scenes From An Execution depicts a brilliant and
defiant female artist who is commissioned by
the State to create a painting to commemorate
a momentous military battle. The play fearlessly
explores themes of power, sexuality, and human
motivation, overflowing with rich language, chal-
lenging ideas, beauty, history, violence and an
unusual sense of humour. Advance tickets available
through TIX on the Square 420.1757 or online at
www.tixonthesquare.ca . Walk-up tickets available
at the Timms Centre Box Office one hour prior
to curtain, for that day's performance only. No
performance Sunday, April 2, 2006. 8 p.m. Timms
Centre for the Arts. http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.
ca/drama/studiotheatre.cfm

MAR 31 2006

17th Annual Warren Kalbach Conference
An annual conference on population issues held at

the University of Alberta. This year’s theme focuses
on aging in Canadian society. Tory Breezeway #2.
http://www.ualberta.ca/PRL

Bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis as fac-
tors limiting population growth of bison in
Northern Canada Damien Joly, Wildlife Disease
Specialist, Fish and Wildlife Division, Alberta
Sustainable Resource Development is presenting
a seminar on “Bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis
as factors limiting population growth of bison
in Northern Canada.” 12 p.m. M-149 Biological
Sciences Building. http://www.biology.ualberta.
ca/courses/biol631/

Lecture Lecture With guest Melanie Turgeon
Professor, The King’s University College. “From
Secular to Sacred in Alfred Schnittke’s Choral
Output.” 3 p.m. 1-29 Fine Arts Building.

Physics Colloquium Title: The energy flux
in the Earth Speaker: Dr. Kasper van Wijk Physical
Acoustic Lab Colorado School of Mines.This pre-
sentation aims at introducing RT and Seismic
Interferometry, and connecting dots between the
estimation of subsurface parameters for geophysi-
cal applications and fundamental physics questions
of wave propagation in random media. Coffee and
cookies will be available at 3 p.m. outside of V128.
Department colloquia are intended to benefit all
students and staff. 3:15 p.m. - 4 p.m. V128 Physics.
http://www. phys.ualberta.ca/

Nonhomologous recombination and catalyt-
ic RNAs Peter Unrau, Assistant Professor, Molecular
Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University
is presenting a seminar on “Nonhomologous
recombination and catalytic RNAs.” 3:30 p.m. M-149
Biological Sciences Building. http://www.biology.
ualberta.ca/courses/genet605/

Nonhomologous recombination and cata-
lytic RNAs Peter Unrau, Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University is presenting
a seminar on “Nonhomologous recombination and
catalytic RNAs.” 3:30 p.m. M-149 Biological Sciences
Building. http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/courses/
genet605/

Trophy Taking: A Bioarchaeological
Perspective on the History of Ritualized Violence
The 2006 Richard Frucht Memorial Lectures
Series will feature Dr. Phillip Walker, University of
California, Santa Barbara. 4 - 5 p.m. Tory Breezeway
1 (TB-W1). http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/~agas/
frucht2006.html

2nd Annual Charity Classic hockey game
Cheer on either the Lister residents or Campus
Security Services as they battle it out on the ice. $2
admission as well as non-perishable food donations
accepted at the door. All proceeds go to the U of A
Campus Food Bank. 8 - 10 p.m. Clare Drake Arena.

World Music Ensemble: Indian Music

Challenge Team 2006

Year of the

Represent the U of A in the 2006
Corporate Challenge!

Visit the U of A Corporate Challenge Web site:

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Ensemble World Music Ensemble Indian Music
Ensemble. Wasanti Paranjape, Director. 8 p.m. Arts
Building/Convocation Hall.

APR 1 2006

World Music Ensemble: West African
Music Ensemble West African Music Ensemble.
Robert Kpogo, Director, with Wajjo Drummers and
Dancers. 8 p.m. Arts Building/Convocation Hall.

APR 2 - 5 2006

Call for Papers: 12th Annual Qualitative
Health Research Conference Abstracts for oral
papers, symposia or poster presentation are invited
from all health care disciplines. Please send abstract
as an email attachment (rich text format preferred)
to karen.mcdaniel@ualberta.ca. Deadline for sub-
missions is January 6, 2006. Please see http://www.
uofaweb.ualberta.ca/iiqm/QHR2006.cfm for more
information on the conference. The Westin Hotel,
Edmonton.

APR 2 2006

Music at Convocation Hall Il Music at
Convocation Hall Il. Janet Smith, soprano; Aaron
Au, violin; Julie Amundsen, cello; Dave Quinn,
clarinet; bass clarinet Roger Admiral, piano; Phil
Hornsey, percussion; Andriy Talpash, conductor.
Faculty Composers Concert False Positives (2004)
(Premiere): Laurie Radford Chasing Twelve O’Clock
(2004/5): Andriy Talpash Retro; Proto (1); Proto (2)
(2005) (Premiere); 10M - 5P - 17m (2005): Howard
Bashaw new work (2005/6) (Premiere); A Book from
the Harbour (chapter III) (1995); Vorwissen (2004):
Paul Steenhuisen. 3 p.m. Arts Building/Convocation
Hall.

Master of Music Recital Master of Music
Recital, Kimberley Denis, Choral Conducting
Program, will include works by Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart, Orlando Gibbons, William Byrd, Orlando di
Lasso, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms
and others. 8 p.m. Arts Building/Convocation Hall.

APR 3 2006

Research Presentation - Dr. Thandisizwe
Mavundla - “Xhosa teenage boys’ experience
of indigenous circumcision rites in East London
South Africa” Dr. Mavundla is a candiate for a
Faculty position with the Faculty of Nursing. 12 -
12:55 p.m. Clinical Sciences Building 6-107.

Centre for Research for Teacher Education
and Development Seminar The Centre for
Research for Teacher Education and Development
Invites students, faculty, and the public to: School
beginnings; Political beginnings; Research begin-
nings: A personal story of working in teacher
education By Dr. Helen May. Dr. May is Head of the

Faculty of Education at the University of Otago in
New Zealand. A long time writer in the field, she
has played an active part in the campaign for early
childhood education over the last 20 years, and
played a leading role in curriculum development
and policy formation. 12 - 1 p.m. 633 Education
South Education Centre.

Curriculum & Pedagogy Institute Guest
Lecture Curriculum & Pedagogy Institute pres-
ents: Dr Shuying (Sean) Li, Center for Learning
Study and School Partnership, Hong Kong
Institute of Education. Title: Eastern Lesson Studies
and Enhancement of Classroom Teaching and
Learning. Refreshments will be provided. 12
p.m. 358/366 Education South Education Centre.
http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/education//pdfs/
CPiInWinter2006rev.pdf

Music at Noon, Convocation Hall Student
Recital Series Music at Noon, Convocation Hall
Student Recital Series. Featuring students from
the Department of Music. 12 p.m. Arts Building/
Convocation Hall .

APR 4 2006

Hope or hype? - do we need genetically
modified food to feed the world? AFNS SEMINAR
SERIES - Charting the Future of Agriculture Dr.
Channapatna S. Prakash, Director, Center for
Plant Biotechnology Research & Professor in
Plant Molecular Genetics, Tuskegee University,
Alabama, USA, Presentation Time: 4 - 5 p.m. and
Refreshments (Cash Bar) 5 - 6 p.m. Room 150 Telus
Centre (Lecture Theatre), 87 Avenue - 111 Street,
University of Alberta Campus.

APR 5 2006

PHS Grand Rounds Dr. Chris Le, Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences.
“Ultrasensitive Detention of Proteins.” 12 - 1 p.m.
Room 2-117, Clinical Sciences Building. http://www.
phs.ualberta.ca

Distinguished Visitor - Helen May An invita-
tion to three lectures by Helen May, Distinguished
Visitor to the Faculty of Education. “Images and
insights of the colonial contexts for schooling in
Aoteatroa-New Zealand Date,” April 5, 5 - 6:20 p.m.,
Faculty of Education Lecture. “Theatre Early child-
hood education in the Commonwealth: An histori-
cal perspective from Aoteatroa-New Zealand and
Canada” (with Larry Prochner), April 7,12 - 1 p.m.,
122 Education South. “The politics of early child-
hood advocacy regarding provision, status, and cur-
riculum in Aoteatroa-New Zealand,” April 11, 7-8:30
p.m., Stanley A. Milner Library. All are Welcome.

Dr. May is Head of the Faculty of Education at the
University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. For
further information please contact Larry Prochner,
Department of Elementary Education. http://www.

(May 26 - June 10)

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Edmonton Regional Alumni & Friends
Reception for Civil & Environmental Engineers
Join other Edmonton-area University of Alberta
Engineering alumni and friends of the Faculty as
we pay tribute to all of you who carry on the great
tradition of the U of A Engineer. 7 - 9 p.m. Solarium
Engineering Teaching and Learning Complex
(ETLC). http://www.engineering.ualberta.ca/alumni

APR 6 2006

D.B. Robinson Distinguished Speaker Series,
featuring Michael Tsapatsis Molecular Sieve
Films Michael Tsapatsis, University of Minnesota
Michael Tsapatsis joined the Department of
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at
the University of Minnesota in September 2003.
His research interests include development of
oriented zeolite films and molecular sieve/poly-
mer nanocomposites for membrane applications.
The research group of Professor Tsapatsis com-
bines synthetic chemistry, materials processing,
microstructural characterization and performance
evaluation in order to develop innovative process-
ing strategies for engineering functional devices
and microstructures. Recent publications focus on
molecular sieve synthesis, crystal structure elucida-
tion, pattern formation, morphology control, and
incorporation in engineering devices. 3:30 - 4:20
p.m. Refreshments will be available at 3:10 p.m.
outside the room E1-007, Engineering Teaching
and Learning Complex (ETLC).

Agape Learning Over Lunch: Social Justice
Video Series AGAPE, A Sex, Sexual, and Gender
Differences in Education and Culture Focus Group
in the Faculty of Education, presents 2005 - 2006
Learning Over Lunch: Social Justice Video Series
(Free Admission). Today's Video Presentation: Hate.
com: Extremists on the Internet? A gritty documen-
tary that explores the individuals behind websites
opposed to non-whites, gays, new immigrants, and
a variety of other targets. Contains some explicit
language and imagery. Guest Discussant: Dr. Alvin
Schrader, School of Library & Information Studies.
For more information, contact Dr. André P. Grace
at andre.grace@ualberta.ca or Kris Wells at kwells@
ualberta.ca or contact the Agape Project Office
at 492-0772 or visit us @ 5-181K in the Education
North Building. 12 - 1 p.m. 7-102 Education North
Education Centre . http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.
ca/education//pdfs/agape2005_2.pdf

Nursing Rounds Dr. Sylvia Barton: “Spirit
winds: A narrative inquiry into the Aboriginal sto-
ries of diabetes.” Nursing Rounds is a weekly event.
All faculty, students and clinicians are invited. Bring
your lunch; soft drinks will be served. 12 - 12:45
p.m. Clinical Sciences 6-107. http://www.nursing.
ualberta.ca/homepage.nsf/website/nursing+rounds

What is this thing called happiness?Professor
Fred Feldman, Department of Philosophy,
University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 3:30 p.m.
Humanities Center 4-29. http://www.uofaweb.ual-
berta.ca/philosophy/

Colloquium - Dept of Mathematics &
Statistical Sciences This week's guest speaker is
Dr. Michael Ward from the Dept of Mathematics
at the University of British Columbia. “The Stability
of Stripes for Some Reaction-Diffusion Systems.”
The weekly Colloquium features various topics pre-
sented by University of Alberta faculty or from visit-
ing academia. Please visit the Colloquium website.
Refreshments are served prior to the talk, at 3 p.m.
in 649 CAB. 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. 265 CAB. http://www.
mathstat.ualberta.ca/newsevents_colloquium-
Schedule.html

Piano Masterclass Piano Masterclass Visiting
Artist Kent McWilliams Free admission 3:30 p.m.
Arts Building/Convocation Hall.

Cell Biology Guest Speaker Dr. Miguel
Valvano Canada Research Chair in Infectious
Diseases and Microbial Pathogenesis, Professor and
Department Chair Microbiology and Immunology
University of Western Ontario. “Burkholderia ceno-
cepacia: an opportunistic bacterim that fools mac-
rophages.” 4 - 5 p.m. Classroom F - 2J4.02 WMC.
http://www.ualberta.ca/cellbiology

4th Annual Almost Famous Cocktail Party
& Fundraiser, in support of the Faculty of
Extension’s Liberal Studies art programs Tickets:
$200. Includes a work of art from an “Almost
Famous” student. Event only: $75. Call (780) 492-
9448 to order tickets. It is an exclusive opportunity
to view the work of the Faculty of Extension’s visual
arts students, instructors and alumni and if you
wish to purchase artwork by this select group of
emerging and established artists. A sampling of art
work for purchase is posted at: www.extension.ual-
berta.ca/liberalstudies. 7 - 9:30 p.m. 20th floor, ING
Building, 10130 - 103 Street. http://www.extension.
ualberta.ca/liberalstudies

APR 7 2006

Protecting migratory species that use space
differently: Lessons from globe-trotting shore-
birds Laura X Payne, University of Washington is
presenting a seminar on “Protecting migratory
species that use space differently: Lessons from
globe-trotting shorebirds.” Friday, 12 p.m. M-149,

Biological Sciences Building. http://www.biology.
ualberta.ca/courses/biol631/?Page=3701

Postdoctoral Fellows Research Day PDFs
will be showcasing their research to the University
community during a poster session the central
event of the program. The main goals in putting
on this event are to: provide the opportunity to
establish new research collaborations showcase
PDF research to the University community raise
awareness of the crucial role that postdocs play in
the success of the University’s research endeavor
1:30 - 6:00 p.m. Telus Centre. http://www.ualberta.
ca/gradstudies/postdoctoral/index.htm

Internal affair: lron regulation by a small
RNA Eric Massé, Department of Biochemistry,
University of Sherbrooke is presenting a seminar
on “Internal affair: Iron regulation by a small RNA.”
2:30 p.m. M-149 Biological Sciences Building. http://
www. biology.ualberta.ca/courses/genet605/index.
php?Page=3700

Visiting Artist Recital Visiting Artist Recital
Kent McWilliams, piano Soleil pour piano solo:
Denis Gougeon Five Preludes, Op. 16: Alexander
Scriabin Sonata for Piano: Rodion Shchedrin
Desperate Measures (Paganini Variations), Op. 48
(1996): Robert Muczynski Four Mazurkas, Op. 24;
Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53: Fryderyk Chopin
8:00 p.m. Arts Building/Convocation Hall .

APR 8 2006

Between Didactic Stories and History in
the Old Testament, and What Follows? Dr.
Ehud Ben Zvi, Professor, History & Classics. 2 - 3:30
p.m. Stanley A. Milner Library (Basement in the
Edmonton Room), 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square.

Happnin’ U of A Jazz Choir Happnin’ U of
A Jazz Choir John McMillan, Director. 8 p.m. Arts
Building/Convocation Hall.

APR 9 2006

University of Alberta Concert Band University
of Alberta Concert Band. Wendy Grasdahl, Director.
3p.m. Arts Building/Convocation Hall.

University of Alberta Madrigal Singers
Spring Concert University of Alberta Madrigal
Singers Spring Concert Leonard Ratzlaff, Director.
Featuring Songs of Ariel: Frank Martin Hesperides:
Malcolm Forsyth with Nora Bumanis and Julia
Shaw, harp All Saints? Anglican Cathedral 10035-
103 St. 8 p.m. All Saints’ Anglican Cathedral 10035-
103 Street .

APR 10 2006

Noon Hour Organ Recital A variety of organ
repertoire played by students, faculty and guests of
the University of Alberta's Department of Music. 12
p.m. Arts Building/Convocation Hall .

Grant MacEwan College/University of
Alberta Jazz Bands Grant MacEwan College and
University of Alberta Jazz Bands. Raymond Baril and
Tom Dust, Directors. 7:30 p.m. John L Haar Theatre,
Centre for the Arts, Grant MacEwan College.

New Music Concert New Music Concert fea-
turing new works by U of A Student Composers. 8
p.m. Arts Building/Convocation Hall.

APR 11 2006

Environmental Health Sciences Seminar Dr.
Brian C. Foster, Senior Science Advisor, Therapeutic
Products Directorate, Health Canada, and Adjunct
Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa,
will present: “Drug, Food, Natural Health Product
Interactions: Confounding Issues, Recent Findings
and Public Health Issues.” 3 - 4 p.m. 2-117 Clinical
Sciences Building.

Surface Tensiometry by Drop Shape
Analysis and Biomedical Applications A. W.
Neumann Professor, University of Toronto. Contrary
to wide spread belief, surface tension measurement
is not a near trivial matter. Of the many methods
suggested and used through the years, detailed
analysis of the shape of a liquid meniscus, in partic-
ular of drops, holds many possibilities not available
by other strategies. The presentation will include
fundamental, conceptual and experimental aspects
as well as matters of quality control of the output
of the methodology. The applicability to various
scientific and applied problems as well as a range
of applications will be discussed. Finally, a biomedi-
cal application to the study of surface properties
of lung surfactant films, i.e. the films that coat all
mammalian lungs and that facilitate breathing, will
be discussed in some detail. 3:30 p.m. 2-001 Natural
Resources Engineering Facility, Markin/CNRL.
http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/mece/depart-
mentseminars.cfm

Distinguished Visitor - Helen May An invi-
tation to a lecture by Helen May, Distinguished
Visitor to the Faculty of Education. “The politics
of early childhood advocacy regarding provision,
status, and curriculum in Aoteatroa-New Zealand.”
Dr. May is Head of the Faculty of Education at the
University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. For
further information please contact Larry Prochner,
Department of Elementary Education. 7:00 p.m.
Stanley A. Milner Library. http://www.uofaweb.ual-
berta.ca/education//pdfs/HelenMay-Lectures.pdf

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APR 12 2006

HUB Mall Goodie Give Away Come and cel-
ebrate the last day of classes, Wednesday April 12th
and enjoy FREE goodies (cookies and punch). Bring
your friends to the Mural in the middle of HUB Mall
from 10:30 am - 12 p.m. Old World Mural location
in the middle of HUB Mall. http://www.ualberta.
ca/hubmall

PHS Grand Rounds Guest Speaker: Mr
Geoffrey Granville, Manager, Toxicology and
Material Safety, Shell Canada Ltd, Adjunct Associate
Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences.
“H2S - A Simple Chemical with a Complicated
Story.” 12 - 1 p.m. Room 2-117, Clinical Sciences
Building. http://www.phs.ualberta.ca

APR 13 2006

Nursing Rounds Dr. Karin Olson: “Rethinking
fatigue.” Nursing Rounds is a weekly event. All
faculty, students and clinicians are invited. Bring
your lunch, soft drinks will be served. 12 - 12:45
p.m. Clinical Sciences Building 6-107. http://www.
nursing.ualberta.ca/homepage.nsf/website/
nursing+rounds

APR 17 2006

Master of Music Recital Master of Music
Recital. Moira Hopfe-Ostensen, piano 8:00 p.m. Arts
Building/Convocation Hall.

APR 18 2006

President’s Breakfast Roundtable with

Students President Indira Samarasekera welcomes
students to join her for breakfast on April 18 at 7:30
a.m. The discussion will be conducted in a roundta-
ble format to allow everyone to have the floor. This
is an excellent, intimate opportunity for students to
speak to the President about their experiences at
the University of Alberta. Space is limited, so please
sign up early. 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. Saskatchewan
Room, Faculty Club, 11435 Saskatchewan Drive.

Biological Applications of Magnetic
Nanoparticles Duane T. Johnson Associate
Professor, University of Alabama. Research of mag-
netic nanoparticles has exploded recently due to
their use in a number of exciting, potential applica-
tions. This presentation will summarize our work to
date. Specific topics will include: the synthesis and
characterization of new magnetic nanoparticles
and particle dispersions, the surface chemistry
involved in binding ligands to the particles, model-
ing the heat released by magnetic particles during
hyperthermia treatment, monitoring the in vivo
toxicity of the particles using C. elegans worms, and
binding the particles to novel viral vector agents.
3:30 p.m. 2-001 Natural Resources Engineering
Facility, Markin/CNRL. http://www.uofaweb.ual-
berta.ca/mece/departmentseminars.cfm

APR 19 2006

PHS Grand Rounds Dr. Carl V. Phillips,
Associate Professor, Department of Public Health
Sciences. “A Novel Approach to Assessing the Risks
from Smokeless Tobacco: Looking at the Evidence.”
12-1 p.m. Room 2-117, Clinical Sciences Building.
http://www.phs.ualberta.ca

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GREENVIEW FURNISHED SABBATICAL
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baths. Peaceful and beautiful backyard. Immediate,
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HOLIDAY RENTALS MEDIEVAL HOUSE OR
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FURNISHED SABBATICAL HOUSE: excellent, 3
bedrooms, 2 ¥2 baths, 2,500 sq. ft. Close to very good
schools, airport, UofA, shopping, restaurants and
other amenities. Blue Quill/Heritage area. July 06-
July 07. (780) 435-0533, peter.boxall@ualberta.ca.

GREAT HOUSE - EASY WALK TO U OF A &
DOWNTOWN, 4 bedroom character semi bunga-
low, hardwood floors, 2 full bathrooms, developed
basement, single garage, fantastic location, 85th
Ave 109th Street. Could rent basement separately,
Sandy 991-6607.

2000 SQ. FT. 4 BEDROOM - beautifully reno-
vated home in Blue Quill-southwest Edmonton.
Double-attached garage, large yard, great family
neighbourhood, close to all shopping convenienc-
es, excellent schools (French immersion) close by,
on direct bus route to U of A. Available May 1, 2006
(non-smoking) Rent $1,300 per month, POU. Call
Darlene or Jeff at 434-1075 or 242-1076.

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Alfonsi, Realty Executives Devonshire 909-5140.

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INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FUND

The “International Partnership Fund” (IPF) was
established to support University of Alberta faculty
and staff participating in exchange activities with
the university’s many partner institutions around
the world. The fund provides financial support
to faculty and staff engaged in the development
and/or implementation of activities that contribute
to sustainable and reciprocal relations with interna-
tional academic partners. Awards may be used for
travel by either the U of A staff/faculty member to
visit an international partner, or for the faculty or
unit to support a visitor from the partner. The fund
favors activities that develop projects bringing an
international focus to the academic, research and
teaching mandate, and contribute to the interna-
tionalization objectives of the faculty.

Support from the IPF will ideally complement
multiple funding sources. Matching support from
the individual and/or the department/faculty and
partner institution is required.

Note: The IPF only applies to those institutions
with which the U of A has a formal agreement.

For guidelines, application forms and list of eli-
gible partner institutions, please visit the University
of Alberta International website: http://www. inter-
national.ualberta.ca

For more information please call 492-5840 or
e-mail: ipf@international.ualberta.ca

Application deadline: Monday, May 1st, 2006

Call for Presenters: CSA northern research day
Northern Research Day is a mini-symposium for
graduate students from all faculties and depart-
ments to present information on their northern
or boreal-related research in an informal and
collegial setting. April 11, 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.,

Tory Breezeway room 2. Any interested present-
ers should please email Chantel Nixon (nixon@
ualberta.ca) with a tentative title of your talk and
geographic location of your research. Abstracts
are due on or before March 27, 2006 and should
be approximately 300 words in length. Talks will
be limited to 15 - 20 minutes each. Speakers are
strongly encouraged to present any stage of their
research including thesis proposals and preliminary
results. Boreal region researchers are also encour-
aged to participate, as well as senior undergradu-
ate students undertaking Honours theses with a
northern theme. 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Breezeway 2
Tory Lecture Theatre Complex.

UNIVERSITY PROFESSORSHIPS CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
The Selection Committee for University
Professorships is pleased to invite nominations for
the Spring 2006 competition. The title of University
Professor is the highest honour this University
can bestow on a member of its academic staff
and is granted only to those individuals who have
achieved outstanding distinction in each of the
areas of scholarly research, teaching, service to the
University and the community-at-large. An integral
component to be expected of such distinguished
performance is a breadth of scholarly interest and
achievement that extends beyond the normal
departmental and arbitrary disciplinary boundaries.
Thus, the University Professor is a member of the
staff whose scholarly works merit, or have merited,
national or international attention; whose teaching
ability is widely known and respected by colleagues
and students alike as exceptional; and who has
earned from the community a regard which favours
both the individual and the University.

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The records arising from this competition will be managed in accordance with provisions of the Alberta

Any individual appointed to a full-time aca-
demic position without term at the University may
be appointed a University Professor. Any member
or members of the academic staff of the University
may nominate a candidate with the candidate=s
permission.

Formal nominations, including supporting
documents, should be submitted to Carl Amrhein,
Provost and Vice-President (Academic), 2-10
University Hall, by 4:30 p.m., Monday, April 3, 2006.

Detailed criteria for nominations may be
obtained from the Office of the Provost and Vice-
President (Academic), telephone 492-2280.

SCOTIABANK-AUCC AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN
INTERNATIONALIZATION

University of Alberta International (UAI) would
like to encourage University of Alberta applica-
tions for the 2006 Scotiabank-AUCC Awards for
Excellence in Internationalization. This prestigious
awards program honours excellent initiatives
Canadian universities have put in place to integrate
an international dimension into teaching, research
and community service.

This year’s program will focus on initiatives
that prepare students for a global future, with
up to four initiatives selected to receive awards.
Recipients will be celebrated at a national ceremo-
ny held in conjunction with AUCC’s biannual meet-
ing in October 2006, in a fall 2006 issue of AUCC’s
news magazine University Affairs, and at a national
workshop on preparing students for a global future
open to senior university administrators from
across the country in spring 2007.

The application deadline for the awards pro-
gram is April 21, 2006, but applicants must contact
UAI by April 12, 2006 to coordinate required institu-
tional signatures prior to submission. Competition
details can be found in the program guidelines
on the AUCC web site at www.aucc.ca/programs/
index_e.html. Further questions regarding U of A
submissions can be directed to Juli Betke at 492-
2958 or juli.betke@ualberta.ca

EDMONTON CONSULAR BALL SCHOLARSHIP FOR
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

The Edmonton Consular Ball Scholarship in
International Studies was established in 1980 with
funds generated by the Edmonton Consular Ball,
which was held to mark the 75th anniversary of
the province of Alberta. In each of the succeeding
years, the Consular Corps contributed proceeds
from the annual ball to the university for the schol-
arship. The value of this scholarship is $1,000 plus
travel expenses of $1,000-$1,500. For more infor-
mation, e-mail ConsularBall@international.ualberta.
ca, or phone 780-492-5840. Application deadline is
March 27, 2006.

FSIDA (FUND FOR SUPPORT OF INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES)

The deadline for receipt of applications to the
FSIDA is 4:30 p.m., April 18, 2006.

This Fund exists to enable staff and graduate
students of the University of Alberta to participate
in the international transfer of knowledge and
expertise and graduate research through partner-
ships in developing countries.

Applications and guidelines are available on
the University of Alberta International website www.
international.ualberta.ca or from the FSIDA Secretary
at University of Alberta International, 1204 College
Plaza, 8215-112 St., telephone 492-2391.

Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPP). The University of Alberta hires on the basis of merit.
We are committed to the principle of equity of enployment. We welcome diversity and encourage applications

from all qualified women and men, including persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, and Aboriginal
persons. With regard to teaching positions: All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians
and permanent residents will be given priority. For complete U of A job listings visit www.hrs.ualberta.ca .

INTERNAL AUDITOR
INTERNAL AUDIT SERVICES

The University of Alberta is seeking a talented,
self-motivated professional to contribute to the
delivery of Internal Audit Service’s mission of
providing independent, objective assurance and
consulting services. Internal Audit Services helps
the university accomplish its objectives by employ-
ing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate
and improve the effectiveness of risk management,
control, and governance processes.

Reporting to the Director, the auditor will be
responsible for planning and executing financial
and operational audits across the institution. This
includes working independently and with peers
as well as managing co-sourced expertise. Internal
Auditors also investigate allegations of frauds or

irregularities and contribute to setting the strategic

direction for the audit function.

Partnering with management to promote con-
tinuous improvement will require the auditor to use
excellent business acumen, communication, analysis,
and negotiation skills. The ideal candidate will:

+ Hold a university degree and a relevant
accounting designation CA/CMA/CGA or
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+ — Look to utilize what they have learned in six to
eight years of experience in an internal audit
or related role in a complex organization. This
includes excellent planning, organizational and
interpersonal skills.

+ Possess the ability to think strategically and to
provide leadership in the areas of risk manage-
ment and internal control, based on strong
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+ — Be proficient in the use of desktop computing
and related software, as well as the use of com-
puter assisted audit techniques (experience
with ACL preferred).

+ — Enjoy the challenge of keeping abreast of
auditing trends and promoting the profession
through initiative and high-quality work.

+ — Have, preferably, post-secondary or public
sector experience supplemented with an audit
specialization such as CISA or CFE.

The University offers a comprehensive salary
and benefits package. This is a full-time continuing
Administrative/Professional Officer position with a
salary range of $56,212 - $89,000 per annum.

Internal Audit is committed to supporting
employee health and wellness, and will consider
candidates who want to work less than full time as
part of selection process. Travel is very limited.

Review of applications will commence March
31, 2006, and will continue until the position
is filled. More information about Internal Audit
Services is available on our website: http://www.
uofaweb.ualberta.ca/internalaudit/

Applications should be submitted, in confi-
dence, to:

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Internal Audit Service

307 Campus Tower

8625-112 Street

University of Alberta

Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 0H1

E-mail: mary.persson@ualberta.ca

BIOSTATISTICAL ANALYST
THE CANADIAN VIGOUR CENTRE,
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA

The Canadian VIGOUR Center at the University
of Alberta is seeking applications for the post of
a biostatistical analyst. The successful candidate
should be able to work with large administrative and
clinical trial databases and conduct statistical analy-
ses to address clinical issues in consultation and col-
laboration with the centre's senior researchers. The
candidate must have a Master’s degree supplement-
ed by strong training in statistical methods (such
as logistic regression analysis and survival analysis).
The candidate must be familiar with SAS and SPSS
statistical packages and have proficiency in SAS and
other statistical packages. Interested candidates
should send a CV to Padma Kaul, 7226 Aberhart Ctr.1
or email pkaul@ualberta.ca.

INFORMATICS

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE,

LAB-ON-CHIP BIOTECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND
COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Our laboratory has a position available in a
project of integrating life science and molecular
biology protocols onto microfabricated devices.
Our primary goal is the development of medical
diagnostics. We seek a person with a PhD in an
experimental field in the life sciences, natural sci-
ences or engineering. Anyone with experience with
the conventional techniques described below, and
with an interest in their miniaturization, is a suitable
candidate for the position.

This multi-year project is a vibrant collabora-
tion between labs in the Faculties of Engineering
and Medicine & Dentistry. The project involves the
transfer of conventional life science protocols to
microfluidic (“lab on a chip”) devices. Most of this
activity will take place in a laboratory that is jointly-
operated by life science and engineering research-
ers. The position requires:

- Ademonstrated ability to troubleshoot and think
critically in an experimental environment.

- Good communication/interpersonal skills.

- The ability to work in a diverse interdisciplinary
environment.

- Demonstrated experimental experience in
biochemistry, biophysics, analytical chemistry or
molecular biology, particularly in electrophoretic
or other separation methods or in the development
or troubleshooting of assays (chemical or biologi-
cal).

- Demonstrated ability to productively direct one’s
own research, as well as that of others.

Applicants will have a PhD with a demonstrat-
ed record of productivity in an experimental area.
The successful candidate will be a junior investiga-
tor and will participate fully in research and related
scholarly activities. He/she will take a leadership
role, work closely with the research team, mentor
graduate students and manage long-term research
projects to completion.

In order to apply, please send a cover letter
and a CV that includes: 1) a list of research & devel-
opment projects participated in, 2) a list of publica-
tions (please describe your role in each), and 3) the
names and contact information of at least three
references.

Please send these via email to:
Professor Chris Backhouse
Department of Electrical and Computer

CcoRE

CIRCLE OF RESEARCH EXCELLENCE

Forward
Thinking

The iCORE Strategy:
Investing in
Exceptional People

The Alberta Informatics Circle of

Research Excellence (iCORE) is

pleased to announce the recipients

of 2005-2006 iCORE Graduate
Student Fellowships.

These award recipients are the
top graduate students working in
information and communications
technology (ICT) in Canada today.

www.icore.ca

Engineering

chrisb@ualberta.ca with a carbon copy (cc) to

Krista@ece.ualberta_ca

Please also use the subject line of “ATTN:
RA - Integration Position” In case of difficulty in
communications, please contact Krista at +1 (780)
492-8336.

Applications will be accepted until the position
is filled. Salary will be commensurate with experi-
ence. All applications will be acknowledged.

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR,
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES
AND SERVICES

The University of Alberta Libraries (www.
library.ualberta.ca), Canada’s second largest ARL
library, and one of Canada’s most technologically
advanced research libraries seeks outstanding
candidates for the position of Associate Director,
Information Technology Resources and Services.
The Associate Director will contribute personal
vision and energy to ensuring that the Libraries
form an active part of the University’s aspirations
for regional, national and international recognition.
The incumbent will provide leadership in the vision,
development and management of the Libraries’
next-generation digital services environment and
oversee the Information Technology Resources and
Services Unit, including:

Providing leadership through the identifica-
tion of technology-based applications that sup-
port improvements to library services and staff
productivity and through participation in the
Senior Administrative Team. Effectively planning,
budgeting and allocating resources and imple-
menting technology and applications in support
of the vision, mission and goals of the Libraries,
the Learning Services portfolio and the University.

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work

Supervising the Information Technology Resources
and Services staff, consisting of five librarians
responsible for operations, web development, digi-
tal initiatives, e-resources and licensing; and twenty
technical/support and project staff. Ensuring that
the Libraries’ and Learning Services’ interests are
represented on campus-wide committees and
activities related to technology.

Contributing to the highly collaborative envi-
ronment within the province, the region and the
nation.

The ideal candidate will have an accredited
degree in library science, a minimum of seven years
of progressive experience, including work in library
systems and/or technology, and a successful track
record of management/supervisory experience. We
expect demonstrated success in facilitating and
managing technology in research libraries and a
strong understanding of technical applications. We
expect a strong communicator with an avid interest
in pursuing new directions in digital library services
and in fostering innovation and team building.

This tenure-track position is classified at the
Librarian 3 level with a current salary range of
$74,754-118,722. Librarians at the University of
Alberta have academic status and participate in a
generous benefits program. Closing date for appli-
cations is April 30, 2006.

To apply, please mail, fax, or e-mail your letter
of application, résumé, and the names and address-
es of three referees to:

Karen Adams

Director of Library Services and Information

Resources

Cameron Library

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2J8

Fax: (780) 492 -8302

Email: karen.adams@ualberta.ca

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University of Alberta 14) folio March 31, 2006

THE ALBERTA HERITAGE FOUNDATION

FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH

is delighted to announce new Heritage awards offered

to university health researchers.

PPROXIMATELY $48 MILLION

has been approved for new salary
support awards following

recommendations from peer review advisory
committees according to the highest
international standards of excellence in
research. The awards, for up to five years
in duration, are offered to 63 outstanding
researchers, some of them already working
in the province and others in recruitment to

Alberta from other parts of Canada and abroad.

The 2006 awards bring the cumulative total of
AHFMR health research funding in the province

of Alberta to more than $850 million. =

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
FOLLOWING AWARDEES:

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Darryl Adamko (pediatric asthma) UA | Elijah Dixon (liver disease) UC
Jaideep Bains (nerve cells) UC Jason Dyck (heart/pediatrics) UA
David Bennett (spinal cord injury) UA | Jos Eggermont (hearing loss) UC
Tanya Berry (health promotion) UA Carolyn Emery
Christopher Bleackley (cell death) UA (youth sports injuries) UC
Deborah Burshtyn Derek Exner (heart) UC
(immune system) UA Larry Fliegel (heart) UA
Joseph Casey (cellular diseases) UA Edan Foley (immune system) UA
Xing-Zhen Chen (kidney disease) UA | Monica Gorassini
Po-Yin Cheung (spinal cord injury) UA
(newborn physiology) UA Michael Hendzel (cancer) UA
Frederick Colbourne (stroke) UA May Ho (malaria) UC
Michael Colicos (nerve cells) UC Nicholas Holt
Jens Coorssen (cell function) UC (youth physical activity) UA
James Cross Zelma Kiss (brain stimulation) UC
(early development genetics) UC Roger Leng (cancer) UA
Greta Cummings Jonathan Lytton (cell function) UC
(nursing leadership) UA Patrick MacDonald (diabetes) UA
Sandra Davidge (blood vessels) UA Colleen Maxwell (aging) UC
Andrew Demchuk (stroke) UC Craig McCormick (cancer) UC
Rebekah DeVinney Derek McKay (intestinal function) UC
(infectious disease) UC Ross Mitchell (brain imaging) UC

DR. LORI WEST AND DR. JASON DYCK
Senior Scholars, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, U of A

DR. CAROLYN EMERY WITH SOCCER PLAYERS
Population Health Investigator, Faculty of Kinesiology, U of C

DR. ROBERT SUTHERLAND WITH AHFMR FELLOW MATTHEW TATA
Scientist, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Faculty of Arts and Science, U of L

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A H F M R ALBERTA HERITAGE FOUNDATION
FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH

University of Alberta 11 5) folio March 31, 2006

Minh Dang Nguyen

(aging and brain disease) UC
Hanne Ostergaard

(immune system) UA
Christopher Power

(HIV and dementia) UA
Arthur Prochazka (nerve repair) UA
Karl Riabowol (cancer and aging) UC
Stephen Robbins (cancer) UC
Rhonda Rosychuk (biostatistics) UA
Carol Schuurmans

(brain development) UC
Keith Sharkey

(intestinal inflammation) UC
Yan Shi (immune system) UC
Thomas Simmen (cell biology) UA
Leonidas Spyracopoulos

(biochemistry) UA
Jan Storek (immune system) UC
Robert Sutherland (brain) UL
Diane Taylor (bacterial disease) UA
Bernard Thébaud

(newborn lung disease) UA
Marcello Tonelli (kidney disease) UA
Cory Toth (diabetes and brain) UC
Dennis Vance (cholesterol) UA
Harissios Vliagoftis

(asthma and allergies) UA
Hans Vogel (immune system) UC
Donald Welsh (blood vessels) UC
Lori West (pediatric heart

transplantation) UA
Samuel Wiebe

(brain surgery for epilepsy) UC
Cameron Wild (binge drinking) UA
David Wright

(diabetes and obesity) UA
Yutaka Yasui (disease markers) UA

*UA means University of Alberta
*UC means University of Calgary
*UL means University of
Lethbridge

For more information about
these awards, and for general
and funding information on
AHFMR,

please call (780) 423-5727
e-mail: ahfmrinfo@ahfmr.ab.ca
or write us at:

AHFMR

1500, 10104 — 103 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta

T5J 4A7

Check our website at:
www.ahfnr.ab.ca

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The Golden Bears were as good as gold again this
season, earning their fifth national championship in
seven years. It was the Bears’ second consecutive

title, a record-setting 12th Canadian Championship.

Golden Bears cap of year of excellence in U of A hockey

By Richard Cairne

1 pevans of Alberta hockey teams are
on top of the world this season with
both the Pandas and Golden Bears win-
ning national championships.

In mid-March, the Pandas won their
fifth national championship in seven sea-
sons and last weekend, the Bears earned
their second national title in a row, a record-
setting 12th Canadian university men’s
hockey title, before 7,615 at Rexall Place.

Alberta defeated Lakehead 3-2 and
outscored the opposition 16-5 over three
tournament wins. The Golden Bears, with

seven fifth-year players, became the first
team since the 1999 and 2000 Alberta
teams to win back-to-back titles.

“It’s numbing,’ said Alberta first-year
head coach Eric Thurston, who took over
after 11 seasons as an assistant after Rob
Daum left to coach the Minnesota Wild
AHL farm team in Houston.

Alberta won both titles it hosted in
Edmonton as the championship moves
to Moncton in 2007 for two years. The
University Cup is the final CIS champion-
ship of 19 awarded in 2005-06.

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